Benmore Dam

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Benmore Dam is a large hydroelectric earth-fill dam in New Zealand’s South Island, forming Lake Benmore and serving as a major power generation facility in the Waitaki hydro scheme.

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Benmore Dam canonical 5

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf earth-fill dam ⓘ
gravity dam ⓘ
hydroelectric dam ⓘ
annualGeneration approximately 2,200 GWh ⓘ
commissioned 1965 ⓘ
connectsTo HVDC Inter-Island link ⓘ
constructionBegan 1958 ⓘ
constructionMaterial compacted earth ⓘ
country New Zealand ⓘ
crestElevation 381 m above sea level ⓘ
damType concrete gravity ⓘ
earth-fill ⓘ
downstreamFrom Lake Ohau ⓘ
formsReservoir Lake Benmore ⓘ
gridConnectionVoltage 220 kV ⓘ
350 kV HVDC ⓘ
hasRecreation boating on Lake Benmore ⓘ
fishing on Lake Benmore ⓘ
height 110 m ⓘ
installedCapacity 540 MW ⓘ
length 823 m ⓘ
locatedIn South Island ⓘ
locatedInBasin Waitaki River catchment ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Waitaki River ⓘ
nearPlace Otematata ⓘ
Twizel ⓘ
notableFor being one of New Zealand’s largest earth dams ⓘ
openingDate 1965 ⓘ
operator Meridian Energy ⓘ
ownedBy Meridian Energy ⓘ
partOf Waitaki hydro scheme ⓘ
plantName Benmore Power Station ⓘ
plantType conventional hydroelectric ⓘ
purpose electricity generation ⓘ
river flow regulation ⓘ
region Canterbury ⓘ
reservoirName Lake Benmore ⓘ
reservoirSurfaceArea 75 km² ⓘ
reservoirTotalCapacity 1.25 km³ ⓘ
role major node in New Zealand national grid ⓘ
safetyMonitoring instrumented for seismic and structural monitoring ⓘ
spillwayCount 6 ⓘ
spillwayType gated overflow ⓘ
turbineCount 6 ⓘ
turbineType Francis turbine ⓘ
upstreamFrom Aviemore Dam ⓘ
Waitaki Dam ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Waitaki River → hasDam → Benmore Dam ⓘ
Aviemore Dam → downstreamFrom → Benmore Dam ⓘ
Waitaki Dam → downstreamFrom → Benmore Dam ⓘ
Waitaki District → contains → Benmore Dam ⓘ